An Appraisal Of Revenue Generation And Local Government Performance In Nigeria: A Case Study Of Chikun Local Government

📄 Project Abstract

The f ocus of this work is on r evenue gene ration and local government perf ormance in Nige ria. Given this objec tive, i t was hypothesi zed that: -The level of f inancial autonomy gr anted to local government s and their weak revenue generating capac ity, have gre at ly af f ected the deve lopment of the gr assr oots; The state and loc al gove rnment joint acc ount has e f f ective ly er oded any le vel of independence f or loc al government there by obs truc t ing its r ole as a tool f or de velopment in Nigeria; the nature of intergove rnmental re lations in Niger ia, has greatly af f ected the leve l of pe rf ormance of local governme nt. Documentar y research and surve y me thod were employed in data c ol lec tion and the three hypotheses tes ted and de veloped. The major f inding theref ore is that lack of Revenue gene rating ef f or t in Local Government af f ects it s perf ormance. It was theref ore c onc luded that the re cannot be a viri le and dynamic local government sys ...